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TU*: SI'MX Ell WATCHMAN, blstablisl CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 181 RESORT TO FORCE ONLY REMEDY Germans Obstinately Persist in Effort to K scape Penalty For Crimes Lomion. March 7 (By the Assoolat? ai rreas)?The negotiations aver the lemnlty were broken to* day; action romtl lOtnafTOfV with the mi.ii . >i mi Froneh, British and Belgian force* into Qersnany ami the oeoupa? Han of large sections of bar rich rat manufacturing country. Bvaa now the allied troops are on the iimvi', for a late Berlin dispatch says that French trOOpt to occup.v DUOO* seldorf have advanced to within six MUSS of that city. The alllad ultimatum was for. - d apparently with reluctance by the British OliflM minister. The Kr? n< h do not appttir regretful, while the tie. mans left Lancaster h'Ulse. w to re the conferences have heen held, plainly depressed t<> take tlo ir train for home t omorrow. Two long sittings of the confer? ence threshed out the final break i.. foi. Marshal Koch and l-'old Mar? shal Wilson wrote telegrams order? ing the commanders at the front to execute the orders already given to them. Dr. Simons, the Gorman for? eign secretary, presented an alter? ants plan whereby Germany agree<l to pay the annunities for the llrst the y??nrs demanded in the Pat is plan, and also the euuivuh nt of the pro? posed 1- per cant, tax on exports, tint clung to the conditions for the retention of upper Silica alsd world? wide freedom of German trade. Mr. Lloyd George delivering Judg? ment for the allies said they deeply deplored the necessity of the decision while Dr. Simons clung to ths last to the contentioi that the Paris de? mands were impossible for Germany to fulfill, Tie allies regarded the Herman course as strategy for delay, and the latest plan Is one whereby the whole treaty would have to be reconsidered and d? bated after five years wnen Germany might hold a more favorable position. Dr, Masons finally asked for further time In which to consult the (jerman cabi? net. This was denied. The French army will furnish the ??ulk of the forces for the new march Into Get nany. Great Britain's con? ti Ibutlon In men will be only larp ? nousjh to show her solidarity with the allies, who wait with the deep? est Interest for any sign from V\ ash [Inston of the American government's attitude toward the new enterprise. General feeling in' P.ngland appears be on? of relief, without enthusi Tl e prime minister explained position in the house df commons Igdu in a speech, in w i i * tie re no note of Jubilation. The ma? ty of KnSlisb newspapers have m th? view that the most Impor Jloitit involve.I was that the nl it. i d stand together, while the m press has freely voiced Its thai l.lovel George might desert |a. All recognised that Ii M r?; in ned to Pat is beat Ing I he of a concession to Germany k*mi< i -hip was iloouii d. tene of the proposed allied oc? in Germany which was s ?! ksncH \\ da: t?i eak Tue n i i p/er Rhine In t In hes 11 of t he d isti lal i ? slon of t he K?hr Ith Kssen t oe i it ?. Ol steel Ions, t he Ci liter. The t lit ee oute ed t<ii net upatlon tire ?f, Dulsburi and Ruhrort, |g the Rhine, oom mere lal which How the vast traf? Ruhr iron region. These the British sons o( 0Ca Hogne, The A met nan one |ns. .' further s ?uth, ? m h som a Mayence, un feile s sol t h. ree e t i* s are on I he Rhine, oi cu tatIon doc ? not m ihing Inland be> >nd the it lu the Immediate vi oecupied Cities GEN. WOOD Army Sent to Phil to Investigate Mjkf'i h 7 M . < '.en. hrls bee n detailed at ?President Harding t'? illlppines and make a fol there in the light ?bpirutions for hue - ||g formally entrust ><i nt R 1 mfet em >? ?and the pi esnh lit ?fecks or t c w-a r present. It w.ih plan would be ling's original lic? April, 1&50. "He Just II. STATEMENT BY LLOYD GEORGE Premier Declares That Allies Deplore Neces? sity of Using Force in Germany London, Mai < li 7.?Premier Lloyd George In ids speech announcing 'thai the German proposals wore mo; I a< OCptnbl? said: "Wi ail deeply deplore havtn-j conic to this decision in the Int ????st of the peace of (he world ami, d" spite the fact thai our action is Pa? blo to U good deal of inisappi?de.">. sion in our own countries, ws have made an effort to secure | bettet' undemanding and it Is not for lach of effort and discussion that i ha/e now to announce on behalf of t1." allies this failure to e otue to any? thing Uhe an approximate under stnndlng with Qermany." Bxplalnlng why the latest pro? posals oi l>r. Unioni ware Inadequate, Mr. Lloyd Qeorge said it was ess* n tinl in the interest of tin peace of the world that there should be a def? inite settlement of outstanding ques? tions between the alllee and Oer? many. "That is an appeal to common ?onae,*' he continued, "it is perfectly true that the experts, failing to come to an agn snnent made some sun^.-s tions ahout trying to agree for Rve years, but that was not a plan which was adopted by any conference of statesmen. We Wanted each of US to know w here WO stood." ' The prime minister pointed out that Dr, Simons' acceptance of the Tails proposal for live years was ap? parent but not real. It was subject to condition which makes It uncertain Which might terminate it in a week. It was subject to the plebiscite in up? per Silisia. |f the plebiscite woe adverse to Germany She would be Instilled In saying; "Germany is de? prived of territory upon which She d< ponded to pay the annunltles, and therefore the agreement made at London is at an end." Mr. Lloyd George continued: "The German proposals are perfectly vague. There is nothing the allies, '?specially those who want to raise money for reparations, could raise one paper frame upon, let alone a ^oi.i mark. The proposal that Germany should pay annuuities for live years not out of revenue hut bj means of a loan, is disquieting. She is there? by mortgaging hsr income for the years that come alter in order to pay the annunitics of the fjnd live. There aie certain significant sentences u?ed by Dr. Simons, which show that Ger? many has not yet faced her problem." Tin? prime minister*' spoke ahout tn? enormous sacrifices it would be accessary for Germany to make in order to pay the annunltles of the Una live years and added: "if upper Blllela Is torn entirely from the sale ol Germany, tin latter win have a population which will be 10,000,000 in excess of Gn at Britain, including Ireland. Tins rear weliave a million unemployed as a direct re suit Of the war but We have to lind sonn way for paying our debt charges and pensions and dlaabilli allowance, 100,0g 0,000 sterling, it Qermany oarrtea out this year the Perls propose s .she will have to find I 12t.ttt?tOfl steiling? one-fourth the i sum Greet Britain alone has to Und. "France In addition to war charg< and pension list, has to lind 12,000.? Ifo.oeo francs for repairing her de restated area. Germany, therefore, will have tO find this \car 0110-nlltlh of what France has to hud and we arc tOld that the effort Germany puts forth |s a COlOSSJtl Sacrifice. It shows that Germany h.is not realised the essential facts of the situation." Tin alias could not enter into any discussion upon the basis thai Ger? Imany was not responsible for tin ; war, he declared. ' w ? are willing to discuss with German) the length oi the period ol annuities," he continued, "We are w illing to disc ess w ith Germany any .other method besides the 13 per cent, [tag for Adjusting the annuity to lUerman property, Dr, Simons is I not really la a position to negotiate; in- pj returning to report to public Opinion which is not ready to pa) l i- debt." ' London. March 7. ? l>r. Simons, in iu> reply to Mr, Lloyd George, re grctted that the German proposals had been misconstrued, "r'or us. j.isit OS for, you," he said, "the disadvantage ol s provisional settlement is beyond doubt. But we have tahen refuge to such s provi? sional settlement under the pressure oi your ultimatum whnh forced us to come forward with definite pro? posals, w. should have preferred to I pUt before you a plan of total ai Irungement, a plan like that with w hu h we oi Iglnnlly .slat ted." The German foreign secretary ex? plained thai In Inol n > Second pro? posal in I.is pOCkel and had th'it fore to try to Mid a new way, both in the delegation ami in tie Berlin eablnet, He hnd been charged to ush for a brief delay in order that he light get in touch with the Berlin bluet, but In added "We were le? ft ? \ en t his short delu : ." ?m this tai l," he continued, "it Ik^appcars th.it then. is no Ibftloi the I he ttsm.u the pt to reach a re\ isioa alter llio lupH't mill Fear Not?Lei all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, SATUR1 BIG REWARD j IN CHICAGO i Alderman Powers Will' Pay $5,000 For Cap- j lure of Killers of His Lieutenants _ i Chicago, March 9?Five thousand; dollars reward hue been offered by Alderman John Powers, of the nine? teenth ward, for the capture of the ^ men who shot and killed two <?r his' own political lieutenants, Paul A. La-j [ brleola and Harry llaymon. Another I of Powers' lieutenants has received j threats of death. The recent election I i was marked by several bombings. POLITICAL FEUD CAUSES KILLING Chicago Manh 8? a reign 01* law? lessness declared to have been the outcome of s pol it leal feud, which has terrorized one of tin most densely populated wards In the city for weeks, today culminated in the assassination ot two of Alderman .John Powers' po? litical lleutentants. Paul LabrlolOi a municipal court bailiff, was the first victim. Ho was shot from ambush a block from hb home just before noon. He fell with nine bullets through his neck. Harry Raymond, q cigar store own-' er, was killed two hours later by twa. men who had ? ntered his store t<? buy cigars. Two bullets pierced his head am! two others penetrated his lungs. Both shootings took place In a sec? tion known as 'Death Valley" in the Nineteenth ward and wore ascribed by the police to the feud between th Powers faction and that of Anthony D'Andrea, who was defeated by Pow? ers for alderman last month. The election campaign was marked by great bitterness and violence, in? cluding bombing ot* a political meet-1 Mg ami several kidnappings on elec? tion day. The police today took steps to guard men likely to have been marked for Killing. Detectives declared that children in the ward recently were provided with explosives from som.- mysterious source. Dynamite canes, detonating caps to be put on the car tracks and fire crackers were declared to hav abounded in the ward since Monday, ' It was part of the plot," Raid De? tective Bergt. -lohn Belske. 'They covered up their shots by filling the ward with similar sounds. We knew a murder was coming." GARMENT WORKERS STRIKE Ne w York, March 9 Ten thousand workers In misses and chlldrcns dress factories have Btruck, the office of the international ladies garment workers , union said today, claiming a tie-up ? i the industry here. PAYING FOR PANAMA STEAL Washington. March 9 ? President Harding expected to send to the Ben ? ite today a message urging the early ratification of the Colombian treaty. Senator Lodge was nil early caller und decretory Pall saw the president but declined to sy what he discussed. President later sent a message urg ! ing the m natu to ratifj the Colombian treaty. NIGHT RIDERS ARRESTED Stevenson, Ala., March 9- The I nightrlder situation is well under con? trol, Conrad W, Austin, chief ot the I Adaltimu iav.\ enforcement! depart? ment, said today, with the arrest <u' I nine men la^t night. I making reparations and it is ready to I fulfill the wind,, of this obligation to the limits of possibility. We are therefore ready to enter Into the sug? gestion of the president of this con? ference 10 furnish the allies with part ot ti>'' means which would be I required for the purposes of repara? tion by laying aside part of the pur? chase pin es of goods delivered Into the allied countries for the repara ; t ion account. i '*{ have submitted and recom? mended this proposal to my govern? ment and can only say i regret that this proposal should have been dis? : credit? (1 In public "pinion in ? h ; ? ( many by having been placed by you among the sanctions to ho taken against Germany. We agreed with the present conference also in this point that it would he advisable is quickly us possible to ^e* ih,- fixed sums determined ami to have also determined the factors ot' the varied payments in ease of her economic recovery which Hcrmany would have I to make toward reparation, "We further agree with your ln Jtintion to s? i up an examination sys? tem ot th*- llxed ami varied pav no !?ts i o t he different count rlc ?. 'I hose i points in ion opinion should be d< - 'liberated on h.v a joint committee of experts as soon us possible und I can only stat?' it is a pit) that when [these experts meet, the a MOSplV'l ' will be embittered by the sanctions 'which are to be put it'o l'ir*3e rgainst us. '1 feel obliged at this moment. inis't at be (by Country's, Thy (iod's at DAY, MARCH 12, 1921 ALLIES IN FULL CONTROL Armed Forces Take Pos? session of Rhine Cities ?Germans Make No Resistance About sow n thousand French, Belgian ainl British soldiers are oc? cupying the cities of Duessetdorf, I Duisburg, Ituhrort. No signs of im? mediate labor movement as outcome of the occupation, efforts of agitators having failed. Duesoeldorf, March 8 (By the Asso-1 qiated Press)?French and British airplanes flew over D?sseldorf this I njftornoon while allied troops with ifiuohlm guns were taking positions ' on the bridges and roads in the im? portant factories. The inhabitants of the city had nut been prepared by j the newspapers for the determination of the allies t<? occupy additional Oer man territory and wt re surprised this morning at daybreak to see Rhine boats mooring north and south of the city, loaded With troops and war materials. % i British tanks and cavalarv landed to the north and French artillery and engineers landed to the south of the city. The Anglo-French forces massed around Ducsseldorf while Bel? gian infantry, which has concentrat- J i d yesterday at Crefold, crossed the bridge into the center of the city. The allied quartermasters have asked the- mayor to give them pos? session of certain schools beside the barracks and railway station which have not yet been occupied. Traffic with Obercassel across the Rhine has stopped and telephone communication with the town has been interrupted. London. March S (By the Associat? ed I ress).- The German delegates to the reparations congress here left London lor Berlin at 2 o'clock this afternoon and seemed pleased to get away. Their departure was without incident, a number of persons, most? ly German residents of London, be? ing at the station to see them off. l>r. Waiter Simons, German for? eign niiniaer, .and lead at the dele? gation, and Major General Von Seecht, German chief of staff, stood beside the train to be photographed. The Germans will proceed from Os? tend. Belgium, to Berlin on a special non-stop train. The train, carrying the German delegates from London had on board a number of British relief soldiers proceeding to join the British tones on the Rhine. Berlin, March s (By the Associated Press).- The Berlin newspapers to? day discussed quietly the breaking off of the London reparations nego? tiations, They are virtually un? animous In describing the enforce? ment of the penalties as a violation Of the Versailles peace treaty. At the same time they advise the popu ; lace to met t coming evt nts with com? posure. The Deutsche A1ig< meine Zeitung, organ of Hugo Stinnes, the capital? ist, says: "Germany's proposals were reject? ed with cold scorn before the allies took the trouble to examine them in! detail. The French now have the op? portunity under pretext of enforcing j the penalties, of taking possession of Germany's coal, settling thcmseb'es in the Buhr region and taking the tiral steps plans of destruction. I lit they soon will harn that these meas? ures are as of little use to them as the result of civilization. Germany .an confidently await the tide of events, relying in the righteousness of her cause." The Germania says: "The conf< r* ence placed the true sentiments of tin ent( nte in the right light, and this led if) a most ruthless violation 1,1 j defenseless Germany for a mere: ' not hing." Vowaerts and Die Freihit, both So? cialist organs, sec in the breaking off of the negotiations "a victory for Die capitalists over reason" and con? sider the coercive measures as the limit Ot the allies economic and pol? itical Impotence and perph xlty. The Yolks Zeitung expressed the opinion that the answer of Premier Lloyd deorge to the German proposals implies that he would like to nego? tiate further while Germany i-s un? der the pressure of tin' penalties. "The Enb nte would have lost noth? ing in the prestige ii it had supported the original provisional proposals," says the Volks Zeitung. Theodore Wolf in the Tageblatt de? clares that Germany by her last offer show ed even suicidal w Illing neaa for an understanding. The Hocrsen Courier asks whether the ? ml has come or whether the notifi? cation will be continued under the application of strong cooperative measures, Tue Hoersen Zeitung sa>s perhaps it would )??? a good thing if in the next few weUcs it i>t made clear thai '"our billions will not How more qiilckl> because Germany's empt> pockets, into which Mr. Lloyd (1 corgi declared he desired to look, are now forcibly opent d." Brussels, March s. Premler De Wlarl today told the chamber of deputies that a regiment of Grena? diers was Koing to the Rhlneland to iii Truth'*." TUE TIW& SO CONFLICT IN PETROGRAD NEWS Bloody Fighting Going On But True Situa ation is in Dispute Copenhagen, March 9?News <>t' . the Russian situation is conflicting] with the latent llelslngfors dispatches reporting that ih<- Kovict army had j recaptured the fortresses of ICraxn oya, Gorko and Bystcrbak today and were training big guns on Kronstadt,' where tires have been observed. in? fantry assault by the Soviets on Kron- > stadt are reported to have been re? pulsed with enormous losses to the attackers. These reports were pre? ceded by claims that Petrograd was in the hands of the revolutionists, but Iteval dispatches say Soviet army had recaptured the South? astern su? burbs of Petrograd, Thousands of fugitives from Petrograd are clamor? ing for entry Into Finland. Finnish reports say, Only One Train a Day Birmingham, March 9?A. H. Woodward, .the. millionaire railroad director, again acted as engineer when the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlan? tic ran its second train today since the strike was called. The train car? ried mail and passengers to Linevillc, Ala. in any extension of the present move? ment without the approval of the government. Dueseeldorf, March 8.?The admin Istration of the newly occupied ter? ritory will be the same as is at pres? ent applied in the Rhineland. tier man officials and employees will carry on affairs according to German laws and regulations hut under the general control of the allied troops commanded at DueSHt'ldorf by the French General Gaucher, and it Dulsberg by tin- Belgian general Beauraln, Though nothing has been definitely settled regarding the method of eol e. ting the customs beyond the em? ployment of the German tariff offi? cials it is understood that the Amer? icans wifl not participate. Some ar? rangement will he entered into whereby the allied troops will be ai owed to draw nn imaginary line i"' I ront of the American area of occu potion in order to make a continuous stiff line along the Rhine, about :;o kilometers east of the river, with the principal headquarters at the I hridgt leads of May, nee, CoblenX, Co? logne ani Duesseldorf. i London, March 8.?Great Britain's contribution to the occupational forces alone, the Rhine for the pres? ent Is to be confined to cavalry, tanks and a small flotilla of boats, In ad? dition to a small complement of sol? diers. it is officially announced thai no troops will be s. nt from England to the Rhine. The Hague. March S (By the Asso? ciated Press).?As much of Holland's 'ommercial prosperity depends on the Rhine district, the Dutch govemn:, nt is watching closely any effect the allied occupation of the region or the proposed customs collections will have on !>Utch trade. While losses may he incurred through decrease In the Rhine trade, Dutc h officials take the view that nothing can present German) send? ing as much merchandise as she phases direct into Holland over the railroads which are expected to han? dle it to their capacity. The Dutch evening newspapers generally are favorable to the action >i the allies. Berlin, March 8.?Chancellor Feh renbach at the reassembling of the reichstng today announced the break? ing off of negotiations at London, He so id: "The alli? s have already begun to putth ep enalties Into effect. This, in plain German means an act of vio? lence, for penalties have nothing to do with the usual principles of right. The conditions imposed upon us sire to be secured by fore.-. This rupture can neither be disguised nor justi? fied by legal deceptions." The open discussion of the situa? tion ? an not begin it was announced until the return to Berlin of Dr. Simons, the foreign minister. Chan? cellor Fe hr en bach declared the allies admitted tlcit the impossible was ex peeted of Germany In the Paris de? cision, \< ithei sentiment. European relationships nor liquidation of the war was possible owing to the allied course of action. "if they persist In this course," he said, "the evil can only be enhanced by it. The allies are only creating fresh embarrassments for themselves' The chancellor said that lorce must he replaced by honest intent for world brotherhood and good aill. lie de? clared Germany had never declined to take upon herself the consequences inherited from defeat. We must show now Ho height of our fortitude, the extent oi our patience and endur? ance," he added. "I huVC every eon lidence m the German people to that." His thoughts tunod to the threat? ened paits ol tie fatherland, from which echoes of determination and endurance were reverberation and "thanked our brothers In the threat? en d i ;itoi n -? jo. this evidence of I ?L"^ " the lb tu of history ?Li II KON, l>tablished June 1, 18116. VOL. LH. NO. 7 FRENCH MOVE"" FOR LEAGUE - i Ambassador Opens Ne? gotiations With State Department , By The Associated Press. Paris, March I*.?The foreign of? fice states thai negotiations are un? der w*a y between the French embas? sy at Washington and the state de? partment In an effort to induce Pres? ident Harding to favor the accept" anei of a modified league of nations. Paris, March 9.?The executive committee of former members of the Kassian duma with headquarter* h? Ft sent a cable m< ssmrc today to I tor is BakhmetefT, the Kassian "am? bassador," at Washington, to make representations to the state depart? ment on behalf of the revolutionary movement in Kronstadt and else? where. The ambassador w.ts asked to explain the nature of the revolu? tion and to request that food and ? ttln r aid, on purely humanitarian j grounds, be sent to the scene direct I ly or through the American Red I (oss. i Nicolai Avskentieff, president of 'the committee. told the Associated Press today that the committee as p. I r esult of direct secret communication. I established with the interior of Rus? sia through Finland was in a position ! to state that the present movement i was entirely different from all pre? vious attacks against the Bolshevists. I '1 want the American people to [know." said M Avskentieff, ?'that the revolution now going on is one or? ganized by tin- people of Russia and ! that it differs in every way from the .outbreaks of Wr?nget, Kohhak, Den ikine and Yudenitch. It is declara? tions of the resentment of tho peo | pie of Russia against Bolshevism. The I present phase of it may be put down I by tin- brutal force of the Bolshe I Vikl, but nationwide revolution is sure to come in April or May. We 1 believe this is the beginning of the j end of Bolshevism. i "The executive committee decided last January that Bolshevism can be 'defeated only from within and not . with expeditions such as that of Gen leral Wrangel. The present revolution 1 proves the wisdom of our decision. The anti-Bolshevik movement will I help with propaganda, supplies of ? I food and similar aid, but no military i force w ill ever be attempted again. "Our present desire is to rush food to the area temporarily freed from I the Bolsheviki. We hope the Ameri- t ?an Ibd Cross will give us the sup | pli< s it has available in northeast j Europe. We do not ask the United Ktatcs participate in the situation in any way politically, but by con ttning Itarlf strictly to humanitarian aal it can do much indirectly to bring about freedom in Russia.'' London. March :?.?A despatch lo the London Turns from Riga dated Wednesday says that all the Bolshe ; vik leaders in Petrograd escaped by I motor tar following the cat pure by the revolutionaries this morning of the entire city with the exception of the Nicolai and Finland railroad sta? tions. Tho soviet troops suffered heavy loai s at Krasnoye Solo, 18 miles south of Petrograd, and at Gat china. If miles to the BOUthWeSL Tin' Krasnoyu Gorko and Oianje haum fortresses have surrendered. 'The red army has retreated 20 versts. London. March The Kronstadt government has Issued a proclama? tion to the world workers to be^in a tight against the Communists, accord? ing to a Helsingfors dispatch to the Exchagm Tel graph. Ear1}' reports from Petrograd say* that the Soviet officials are ready to leave .it any moment and that the So\ lot war minister, Trotsky, had ordered the arrest of the staff of the Est hon Ian legation. London, March '.?. Reports from Kovno today say that large numbers of J< wish r< fugees from Russia are try" is to reach the frontiers of Lith ...ii .a. L. tvia and Poland, fearing thai the Uprisings in Russia will re? sult in pogroms. Representatives of the Bolsheviki In Riga have received instructions from Moscow not to repatriate any more Russians returning from the t'nited States, according to a Riga dispatch. Washington, March 10.?-American t amps on the Rhine are standing pat Secretary Weeks said today and a similar attitude of the situation in growing out ot the allied occupation as expressed by the state depart? ment. writers. "I am of the opinion that history will have a verdict to pro? nounce not only on the ?niit for the w i. bui also on the dictates of Ver? sailles." a motion supported bj tin- Comma* nist and hulept ndents for a debate was rejected. B' r in. Match V It is semi-offi? cial!) announced that the Gorman ambassadors at London, Paris and Brussels have been summoned to Bel iin. The experts who cooperated in tho preparation of the German counter proposals met this morning. Accord? ing to the Berlin Rettung they wttl try to lind a basis for fresh negotia? tions] if tlie allies indicate a desire tor a resumption.